Peter Hitchens: 'BBC and the government have created a panic-demic'

Columnist Peter Hitchens says the BBC and the government have created a "panic-demic" - that people would not have noticed - by the "constant use of horror statistics."
Mr Hitchens says told Mike Graham on talkRADIO that in many of his discussions with lockdown supporters "they assume that I am stupid and malevolent", he went on to criticise the "rage" directed at people who had "opposed lockdown from the start."
He added that he was "all in favour of data if people if people look for it in a properly impartial and balanced fashion."

[@gerarddugdill3411]

It’s not lack of intelligence. It’s corruption.

[@bendigeidfranemmanueljones5694]

Initially lack of intelligence, then frantic pretending and arse-covering, killing lots of people for nothing. Is the most generous interpretation.

[@GravityBoy72]

Exactly. Peter should be calling out the Government for corruption on behalf of The World Economic Forum. He should be examining the MOTIVE of why they are doing what they are doing. It's not incompetency.

[@terencefield3204]

LOL. Intelligence? really?

[@bendigeidfranemmanueljones5694]

@@GravityBoy72 It is a bit incompetent. Public Health England testing guidance points out the tests are horseshit. When the quarterly mortality report was cancelled due to 'ongoing analysis' they left up the figures you could add up yourself. The Stasi will be contracted out to capita or G4S who will arrest themselves by accident then let themselves go by mistake.

[@murdock6450]

@@GravityBoy72 If Peter was calling them mofos out he would lose his job and media would be ordered to not give him air time. What you see here is him pushing it as far as he is possibly allowed to.

[@DaBIONICLEFan]

This government has become an engine of fear, censorship and deceit. The fact that hardly anyone in parliament nor the media are challenging it is deeply concerning.

[@phildoodler2199]

All parties are complicit in the destruction of the UK

[@Dp3.16]

Thats my big problem they are making it impossible to challenge them TYRANNY

[@yetagain5671]

"become?" OP. I guess you must be quite young. Government has NEVER been anything other than your opening sentence.

[@juliefitzgerald2948]

The worldwide media is controlled by corrupt SAGE. They use Public Manipulation methods, which I have copies of in print over on my Twitter a/c. Absolutely disgusting how they actually plan how to scare the public into submission and servitude and like lambs to the slaughter they went!! It was SAGE who advised the Govt to implement masks, NOT for public health purposes, but rather to gauge public compliance. Astonishingly, the sheeple took to their masks like a duck to water and now wont get rid of them. If the masks started to disappear, the Govt would start realising the people are turning against them, so DITCH THE MASKS!!!!!

[@panithomas79]

It’s clear that all governments want to collapse the economy and have total control. Why is this still allowed to happen all over the world? Why are the governments allowed to do this without a stronger challenge? It’s the biggest crime against humanity ever! How is another lockdown been allowed to happen? Why aren’t people fighting for their human rights?

[@XLNC616]

How weird that the majority of all governments are making the same ‘mistakes’

[@noklarok]

all countries in lockstep

[@pedroroque8681]

Isn't it? Making mistakes in full synchrony. Like a beautiful orchestra. How curious!

[@ARCASIAUK]

There is no coincidence it’s all been planned out

[@XLNC616]

I think Peter wants to believe it’s a mistake but deep down......

[@bobcrochit4427]

yeah it's almost as if they are telling us the truth - which obviously cannot be true

[@Mrbimdrummer]

Peter Hitchens. Voice of reason

[@briandouglas2123]

Boris Johnson. Voice of treason.

[@Mrbimdrummer]

@@briandouglas2123 If you positive test and die within 28 days (regardless of what you actually died from) goes down as a statistic. The UK government to justify lockdown has changed that advise from the Imperial college London (28 days) to Cambridge University which is now 60 days. Let that sink in. They changed the goalposts. Boris has gone mad or been bought. Its like cutting of your hand because you have a blister. The truth always comes out

[@menso3852]

A lesser hitchens, but he'll do

[@Michael-ns1ey]

If only voices of reason had more influence.

[@bobcrochit4427]

cos he agrees with you ?

[@stephensaunders7214]

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize that half of them are stupider than that.” - George Carlin

[@bobp3194]

8kfq

[@bobp3194]

I did think that most of the population was intelligent but have been disillusioned by how thick a lot of them are and try shout anyone down who disagree with them lockdown does not work, let it run it's course flue is all it is if you want to make this country bankrupt support the government

[@blondegremlin5507]

It's unbelievable how many people are incapable of looking at the bigger picture. I didn't realise that so many of my friends, neighbours, colleagues and relatives are so easily manipulated and unable to think for themselves.

[@dmdmorg]

Spot on. And then divided it by 4 and you realise they're far more stupid than is best mentioned in polite society..That or they're all F*****ing cowards.

[@loafersheffield]

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups"

[@goingviral8917]

WE NEED TO FIGHT, PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR LIVELIHOODS!

[@stsr11]

I think you'll find you are losing a lot more...

[@cremvirus]

People are losing their life

[@goingviral8917]

@NOBBERT yes mate

[@hotties3v3n]

And SOULS.

[@leicestersq1]

Demo in Stroud on Saturday. Be there.

[@PrincipledUncertainty]

I know Peter wouldn't dirty his hands by entering politics, but he would be a force of nature in Parliament.

[@iand.3544]

I enjoyed his book The Broken Compass which was quite revealing. He is honest about the failings and achievements of both the political left and right. I didn't always agree with everything he said, but on this I am 100% concurrence with him.

[@rolandhawken6628]

Dirty his hands ? I think they are already dirty he is full of crap

[@daikayll1897]

Rowland ! Let yourself down there Smokey ! This is a debating site ole fruit. Is that all you've got , with respect , of course. Can you elaborate a bit maybe

[@rolandhawken6628]

@@daikayll1897 Gladly ,for a start he always just plays a semantic hand arguing about figures statistics ,the gap between his perception and reality is astonishing . He was against face mask because of some liberty BS infringement. Face mask slow the spread if you are infected and cough in public ,the only thing certain about covid is it is an aerosol . This is undisputed science if not we would all be coughing in each others faces . All the rest testing lockdown is all theory that is suspect . The one thing that could and cut infection is masks .i could go on all night about his stupidity ,but life is too short .

[@Ruda-n4h]

Like a modern day John the Baptist - 'and the Prophet is never accepted in his own country'.

[@aib0160]

The wearing of masks was supposed to have significantly reduced the risk of cross infection. The governments own statistics would suggest they haven't worked?

[@Peter-tg1kk]

As in other countries, infections increased about a month after mandated masks

[@alanwilton6806]

I’m convinced that masks have made some people’s health worse as they’re breathing bacteria back into their lungs. In a few months time I think that we will see a huge increase in the numbers of people with COPD as a result. If that happens, I wonder whether there will be huge compensation claims that the rest of us will be paying vastly increased taxes to cover?

[@jonnya4209]

Never been more mask wearing - never been more virus.

[@aib0160]

@@jonnya4209 That's the logical conclusion and when it was mandated in the summer cases have increased ever since.

[@gwauk205]

The masks are for one reason only - keeping the fear level high amongst the general population - no masks, no pandemic

[@-DC-]

Boris needs to go and Quickly if Brady doesn't act soon the Tories are done. It's obvious to anyone who looks at the data this is no health emergency.

[@harrish6]

It won't make any difference who is at the top. They will be following instructions

[@gregorygray3283]

Every country opens up same week every country closes down same week. Coordination hmmm WHO says no lockdown.

[@hail_Cyber77]

It is up to the Men to do something.

[@msaunders113]

@@harrish6 yep! 👍

[@msaunders113]

Sir Kier "Smarmer" would be no replacement as he'd make things even worse. They are ALL corrupt. Smarmer is a Blairite in any case!

[@terrortorn]

I'm not joking this is basically "IT" in terms of free media in Britain.

[@shrunkensimon]

Lord Sumption sounding the alarm bell of impending totalitarian disaster, relegated to a zoom call on youtube. We're finished.

[@beno8983]

The telegraph have realised.

[@rationalmartian]

Ya know. That's not too far off the mark. Though it depends on how it's classified. If were talking TV or traditional Radio, I can't think of any. If we're expanding it to DAB Radio, we have this. There are still one or two reasonable reporters/contributors in the Newspapers. But they are decidedly thin on the ground. As are the Papers themselves. Realistically, one needs Internet access and the will and intelligence/understanding to dig around and winnow the wheat from the chaff. There is LOTS of chaff. But yeah. It's depressing. Especially listening to some friends and family. The utter cack they hear and fucking well swallow and believe. I forget who said, paraphrased somewhat; "It is easier to fool someone than it is to convince someone they have been fooled"!

[@hazelhadley-britt6396]

Free media? Lol! Media mostly support this.

[@Mopantsu]

@@rationalmartian Mark Twain said it.

[@thomascurran3222]

When I came to live in the UK in 1987, I would never have imagined in my wildest dreams that the UK would ever be the way that it is now. It is now a nightmare version of the old DDR (East Germany)!

[@traitorsgate9516]

Because our leaders had this morbid fascination with these despots they couldn't wait to shake there hands with people they learnt about in there university.

[@nowaskmehow]

"Our leaders" are more and more callow and harmless figureheads, epitomized in the Finnish minister ladies and Ms Trudeau. They are picked for being controllable, Boris J included.

[@resistthetyranny1501]

*_If only_* it were just incompetence we were dealing with. It's far worse than that.

[@deanthorpe1684]

I'm not afraid of the virus. I'm afraid of our current government and I'm afraid that the first person who comes through my front door without permission may "just be doing his job" it would be a tragic waste.

[@rossyboyyy5983]

That’s what coming door to door vaccines deployed by the armed forces take the vaccine or be forced is the plan

[@SJ-np4cz]

I guarantee once this mess is over most people will claim they were skeptical of lockdowns from the start, but Peter Hitchens is one of the few that can say this with any honesty.

[@bongsound]

I was in favour of the lockdown in March. But now we have the data I am firmly against any covid restrictions.

[@melanievizard9339]

I don’t think this will ever be over as there is a hidden agenda

[@robertmuncaster3510]

So was l.

[@SierraNovemberKilo]

It's ever so. A lot of sheeple just toe the dominant line. No thinking for themselves. They fool themselves that they do-as-they-like.

[@OMGAnotherday]

It’s not ever going to be over 😩

[@graystar777]

End the lockdowns and restrictions 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫 🚫

[@abacdse]

Bravo we must wake up and has bonfire night ever been banned in history

[@JohnJones-nl3wu]

sage must all be locked up and people should not forget this

[@lechatel]

Sage needs to get stuffed.

[@JohnJones-nl3wu]

@@lechatel said that last week sage and onion for your turkeys boris being the biggest turkey in the world

[@rd5882]

Unfortunately people have very short memory spans...

[@liammarsh1585]

In fairness to SAGE, it's not their job to decide whether or not to have a lockdown. That decision ultimately rests with the government.

[@thejudge9812]

@@liammarsh1585 Sage making dire modelling statistics then leaking to the media first without telling the government doesn’t help tbh

[@-DC-]

4000 people dying everyday lolol That's some claim as not even the US had that with 6 times the population, Imperial College are World Class at inaccurate predictions.

[@TheSLK1973]

Where are all the bodies?

[@paullancaster7066]

@@TheSLK1973 The roads around our town are choc-a-bloc with 'convoys of covid' funeral cars - NOT ! The grave-diggers are working in the dark to keep up with demand _ NOT ! Total BS from the very start.

[@TheSLK1973]

@@paullancaster7066 Paul, it's disgusting how stupid the sheeple are.... I went to a rally in Birmingham on Saturday it was AMAZING

[@paullancaster7066]

@@TheSLK1973 Ahhhhhhh!!! I wish that I had known about that!!! I only live a few miles away but I have never any adverts for these meetings BEFORE any of them take place!¬ How did you find out??

[@LA90598]

That was based on taking no action ... absolutely zero action !! Well he have been taking a lot of action so that number was irrelevant... the scaremongering is a national disgrace !

[@strangestrategies1118]

The Hitchens brothers were national treasures. Peter should be far more well known and respected than he is

[@DavidPeacock1972]

If he was he would not be appearing on Talk Radio, he'd be on the BBC.

[@nicksmith3245]

Now I have doubted Hitchens in the past so I research every stat or fact he comes out with. I have never known him to be wrong - he researches his pieces like no other journalist I know. For that reason alone people MUST listen to him.

[@DavidPeacock1972]

@@nicksmith3245 A real journalist, a dying breed.

[@ulrichenevoldsen8371]

@Keith Donohoe do you think that is his choice?

[@rufusreloaded1043]

He's a clown. Not in the same league as Christopher.

[@Golds174]

The NHS is preparing to roll out a second wave of TikTok videos, that's why it is overwhelmed.

[@abacdse]

Bravo many people saying hospitals empty as MPs after a pay rise this is madness

[@63Baggies]

I could barely believe my eyes when I saw the first of these videos of the Police and NHS staff PLUCKING around using our money; they too work for US and NOT the other way around. During a recent stay at London Bridge Hospital I was (encouraged) to consume ibuprofen and other anti inflammatory meds which I refused do to feeling no pain only mild discomfort; this didn't stop the sharks at HCA billing me for take home meds which were never consumed. this is the Medical Industrial Complex driven by Big Pharma in action.

[@Xythantiops]

@@63Baggies What most people dont realise is that they have no plans to privatise he NHS as the way it is they have a perfect tool for bleeding the population dry via taxation forever and the drug companies want it that way because its all profit from the magic money tree-if you had private health care they would be counting every penny-its a huge con and this is why they are constantly pushing the talking point that it is 'our wonderful NHS'

[@joannebutcher860]

They are using bully-boy tactics which is just wrong, wrong, wrong.

[@dextermclaughlin2361]

Everyone is talking about the mouse in the room, when there is an elephant behind it not being acknowledged!

[@adrianbarton4917]

I wonder how long a lockdown would last if we not unreasonably demanded that the MP's were quaranteened in a barracks near parliament for the duration, on the basis that they have to do their jobs!

[@hail_Cyber77]

Id say its your last chance to organise.

[@GasFinger1]

i am convinced as in ww2 the elites will be living pretty much the same as before in private via secret clubs and bars etc , sacrifice and belt tigthening are NEVER for those who tell us to do so

[@andrewstevenson3807]

I will be ignoring all of it to the best of my ability as I have done from the beginning. I’m a live musician and audio producer of 28 years. My business has been destroyed. My social life revolves around live music. Also destroyed. They’ll have to fine me as many times as they want. I’ll pay the fines with the zero money I’ve been allowed to earn since March. I implore you all to stand up against this tyranny however you can.

[@NothingToDismay]

Walking down the street in Newcastle (UK) earlier today when some guy in a blue hi vis jacket (covid marshall) tells me to walk on the other side of the (public) road in quite a stern way. You can imagine my response... But the interesting thing was the majority were taking orders from him like he was a police sergeant. Crazy!

[@angelakadeer1565]

During the worst of this flu, the nurses were dancing about, so they had time for that !

[@Zerofightervi]

As soon as I saw all these Tictok videos my first thought was how exactly they had time to rehearse these routines when the Covid wards were full of people dying. Notice how there's a lack of videos this time.

[@jinnymudlark1815]

... and banging pans, and clapping. Talk about dystopia!

[@spivvo]

THE SHIP IS GOING DOWN...... “STAY IN YOUR CABIN.... WE MUST SAVE THE LIFEBOATS!”

[@bobcrochit4427]

not the best analogy is it!

[@spivvo]

@@bobcrochit4427 well it’s got a few holes in it....

[@QwadLuzr]

Nicky Campbell said on Radio 5Live this morning "there's a couple of scientists who disagree with these measures but not proper ones, who don't have an agenda".

[@gmc9451]

He's such a smart arse.

[@tifqureshi212]

He’s a prat

[@anthonybartlett6924]

@@gmc9451 i question the smart part of your comment.

[@kaysussex4991]

N Campbell is the epitome of a BBC mouthpiece: dim, smug and with the same moral principles as a sewer rat

[@isabelrankin6721]

An expert is someone who has guessed right, twice.

[@StefanReich]

An expert is someone employed by the right agency... ^^

[@gwauk205]

So not Prof Ferguson then......🤨

[@ce5890]

X is an unknown quantity and Spurt is a drip under pressure

[@63Baggies]

LMAO.....

[@duckpuddles]

@@ce5890 I also like the Ex being the "Hasbeen" version!

[@ljo642]

Thank you for your passion, Mr Hitchens. What a pity we haven't people like you in our parliament. I don't agree with much of what you've said in the past - but I certainly do admire your common sense and commitment! As you say - let US choose whether or not we're afraid! Most of us would say we're not - but especially those who have lived their lives (as that veteran had) and wish to carry on to the end with our heads held high. This government has a huge amount to answer for. A HUGE amount.

[@shug3481]

When did we give politicians the RIGHT to treat the public so badly without judicial recourse.

[@nofutureproductions9242]

@BeCool the voice of a coward.

[@michaeledwardhunter]

Aphorism: "If there are people today who don't believe that many governments can act stupidly at the same time, then they know nothing about the causes of the First World War or, at least, one of its major causes, which was a series of alliances between competing, highly industrialized, and heavily armed nations. These pacts of mutual benefit and protection were thought by many to make wars less likely but what they did was make it possible for a single incident to create a domino effect and expand hostilities from one country to another. What ultimately happened, in other words, was that each country, feeling obliged to honour its commitment to its ally, sided with either one of the two grand alliances (i.e., the Allied Powers and the Central Powers) and thereby involved itself in an increasingly expanding, out-of-control war."

[@phildoodler2199]

Well put. If you’re old enough, it’ll feel like deja vu.

[@eruston]

the primary focus of the outcome of the first world war was to establish the Balfour Declaration (well it was twisted to perform that fate by the tribe when they saw their opportunity to intervene). World War II was started to drive people to the country created by the Balfour Declaration. Before you disagree, look up the transit pact/agreement... would a psychopathic leader let the people he was trying to extinguish ...simply leave the country, with all of their possessions (the cost of moving even large furnishings was provided by the state)? Also, consider the Bolshevik uprising in Russia, what ethnic group was largely represented in the Bolshevik ranks and the fact that Russia invaded Poland at exactly the same time Germany did (Germany had a valid reason to protect ethnic Germans from massacre... what was Russia's excuse?... Why didn't we declare war on Russia as well?). when all of this is considered, plus the knowledge of who largely owns and controls the mass media these days... what is this current covid response 'agenda' heading us towards? Worldwide communism.

[@phildoodler2199]

@@eruston do you not mean the Haavara agreement?

[@michaeledwardhunter]

@@eruston Aphorism: "What greater proof is there that those who are presumably in control of the world are never completely in control of it - indeed, are capable of letting it slip out of control with catastrophic results - than the First World War."

[@bobgillis1137]

Coincidence theorism.

[@goingviral8917]

SIR PATRICK VALLANCE? MORE LIKE TURD VALLANCE!

[@guyfawkes055]

Never heard of him.

[@kesterkonnorson1284]

Vallance has a £600,000 stake in GSK, a vaccine manufacturer.

[@christopherwhitehead8946]

Peter, I’ve felt the same during Brexit and now the covid crisis. That is: that my opponents think I’m stupid, bad, evil and malevolent and that I should shut up and listen to my betters.

[@andyclarke2969]

if you voted for brexit you are stupid

[@jakesgrobler1634]

If we didn't watch the news, we wouldn't even know there was a 'pandemic'

[@marionwalker2820]

Exactly Mike Yeadon says the pandemic will only end when SAGE says it'll end!

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts ABSOLUTELY !!!

[@electrician1602]

I hate that bbc. I just called a phone-in where they were discussing peoples’ mental health regarding the latest lock up. I referred to Heneghan today telling us that the pcr test can be used more accurately to distinguish between those who are infectious and those who are not, but who currently all supply a positive result and therefore a ‘case’, simply by the number of amplifications that are carried out on the sample. The bloke cut me off just as I was about to ask why, given the large and growing opposition voice, there is no large scale public debate between the heavyweights. Apparently the fundamentals of the situation are not relevant to the mental health of the nation. The bbc is a disgrace.

[@williamclutterbuck6383]

There's a "time delay" on ALL broadcasting.......as soon as what you are saying crosses a certain line of "acceptability" you are 'cut off', and NONE of the 'controversial' stuff that doesn't 'fit the narrative' goes 'on air'.....it's called CENSORSHIP.......thats why theres always a little jingle or pre recorded spiel leading into the 'pips' for the 9 am "news" [ which is also 'time delayed' ].......no such thing as "live" broadcasting

[@cleanhit777]

BBC is a government mouthpiece, what the hell are they doing taking sides in the American election?

[@williamclutterbuck6383]

@@cleanhit777 ....just join up the dots mate... Communist infiltrated BBC Agenda / Globalist Agenda / WEF Agenda / EU Agenda / American Dems Agenda VERSUS the Donald.....Orange man Bad

[@joannebutcher860]

I am "lucky" that my 99 year old mum has vascular dementia so knows nothing about what is going on - she would be horrified

[@ginigang]

I wasn't allowed to visit an elderly relative (84yrs) because I wasn't in her 'bubble'. She was in fact on her last legs, as it were, due to a respiratory problem and I wanted to see her before she died. Alas she passed away yesteday, tipped over the edge by contracting coronovirus in hospital. So much for the 'bubble.'

[@noklarok]

totally illogical and careless, i'm so sorry you have been a victim of the NHS' incompetence

[@Mopantsu]

My father has Parkinson and kept falling over. They took him into a care home recently then he fell over again and broke his hip. He is now in hospital and had pins put in but he cannot walk yet. I fear for his life. I know they will have a DNR on him.

[@nickieglazer33]

@@Mopantsu I am so sorry to hear that. I do hope he makes a full recovery. Sending hugs 🤗 Stay strong 💪

[@ginigang]

@@Mopantsu Sorry to hear that.

[@angusmcangus7914]

NO LOCKDOWNS. NO MASKS. NO FEAR!

[@bobcrochit4427]

Apart from Covid obviously

[@markj5054]

Dr Vernon Coleman brand new tube

[@5p1tf1r31]

Dangerous for those over 80 and 90. Well done Peter - ignore the idiots. They’re all over the place and walking in abject fear

[@petermetric]

“Let us choose whether we are afraid of this virus!” Now there’s a quote - thanks Peter Hitchens

[@annehinde719]

At least one honest journalist on the Sunday Mail with the guts to speak out.,thank you.

[@debbykleynhans6867]

I am looking forward to the day that we all, East to West, North to South, stand up against this bullsh*t! These politicians will cringe with fear. And THAT, will be REAL fear

[@brianmurphy1757]

Peter’s starting to get angry and more power to him

[@enlightened4382]

Remember remember The fifth of November

[@Mopantsu]

demonstration at Trafalgaer Square 6pm I think.

[@bobcrochit4427]

@@Mopantsu to support lockdown ??

[@stuarthall2523]

Always enjoy listening to Hitchens 👍

[@stevenkeith5784]

A pay cut! These people voted themselves a pay rise!!!

[@Sue-rp6dq]

£3,300 DISCUSTING

[@dingdong289]

Not technically correct, though they were given a pay rise. Outrageous !!

[@burntheheretic688]

The authorised voice of decent, he never mentions or discusses global governance. Nor does he ever bring up communitarianism, which is the system we now live under.

[@donnaharris8097]

Well stop bawling to visit your Mum and maybe yoil be treated like grown ups ! Honestly , how anyone can talk about the war , and the blitz spirit , and then start bleating how they can't visit their Mum , or spend Christmas with relatives , it's like a pack of whiney little children .

[@ironfelix2963]

@@donnaharris8097 No its the other way around. You're getting treated like a child and will be continued to be treated as such for as long as you keep on obeying the rules of the authorities like some kind of lobotomized Zombie who can't think for themselves.

[@GravityBoy72]

Correct... no mention of The World Economic Forum. Also afraid to say Covid isn't dangerous. They're all saying "I never said it's not a dangerous virus". Limited opposition.

[@James_36]

@@GravityBoy72 the world economic forum have ZERO power... none

[@gommechops]

Superb as usual Peter.

[@1e0s]

Turning off the TV is the answer

[@Gregoryjames50]

We need a Jarrow style march to Number 10.

[@bobcrochit4427]

yeah cos that worked didn't it?

[@martinheath5947]

If you check the teeny tiny small print on the latest government graphs, they actually state these are not forecasts or even projections, they are "scenarios".

[@michaeledwardhunter]

Aphorism: "Give the people a universal fear they can’t verify for themselves, pound it into their heads day and night, and then don’t be surprised if you wake up to a hellish world where politicians have got drunk on their power."

[@brizzceee7937]

Love Peter Hitchens!.. get that man a recognition!..

[@TribalFusion]

Empty test centres, the actual number of infectious people is around 95% less than reported.

[@chatteyj]

Exactly are people really that stupid that they are still going to get tested? Is there no way we can co-ordinate proof of how many people are actually going to these test centres on a particular day?

[@Mopantsu]

Yup! I have also seen the photos and videos of the empty wards. The NHS is under a gagging order as is most broadcast media by OFCOM (who are complicit anyhow).

[@chrismith251]

Nightingale wards are all empty...still.

[@Se_la_vie]

@@Mopantsu got any links?

[@Mopantsu]

@@chrismith251 the Nightingales are going to be the detainment/isolation/FEMA camps. All planned.

[@lewis3427]

Whats happening in New Zealand is terrifying.

[@coppergateallotmentassocia4986]

Peter Hitchens is a breath of fresh air and common sense . Check Dr Eric Berg.

[@gmc9451]

During the past nine months I have yet to talk to anyone who is seriously questioning what is going on. Incredibly I'm almost envious of their ignorance and stupidity.

[@paulalaye6428]

Horrah Peter and Mike graham back together again!! I'm soooo pig sick of everything atm I'm about to lose the will to live tbh!!!

[@abrogard142]

Excellent. First time I've ever heard anyone in a forum like this tell people to get in touch with their MP's. First time. Only time. Yet it is the first step we should all make. It is in fact our civic duty. It is our responsibility in a democracy. Excellent. Except he only says 'write'. Why not tweet? And facebook post? and email? and SMS? and whatever else... ? Do it all... all the time...

[@staceydonnelly4030]

The A&E attendances in September 2020 were 30% less than the same time last year. I find this confusing in the midst of a health crisis....

[@kevb1249]

How many times in the last 20 years have we been told not to attend A&E over the christmas period as they cant handle the volume. Thanks Peter.

[@patrickparker8417]

He cannot see that this is deliberate .

[@toski4485]

Thank you for keeping me sane when everyone around has lost it! 🙏 My children (6,5 & 3,5) are asking me already whether or not Christmas is cancelled and whether or not Santa will come this year 😔

[@talktv]

What do you think about the government's use of statistics during the coronavirus pandemic?

[@seabreeze4339]

Manipulation of figures. These deaths are people who have died WITH not OF and what is the age group? Also how many had a comorbidity. All cases are just that, someone who has had a cold in the recent past i.e. the previous year. If you go into a hospital with a broken leg but test positive for Chinaflu you’re classed as a Covid admission. The hospital beds in ICU have been full for the past twenty years at this time year due to normal respiratory illnesses.

[@yetagain5671]

@@seabreeze4339 The greatest exercise in the western world (predominantly) of dry labbing the world has seen. It even eclipses the AGW 20+ year old continual dry labbing of data. What next? Trying to convince people that an entire building can collapse at a rate exactly that of gravitational acceleration because of a fire in the corner?

[@michaeldeath7430]

There has to be something to guide. But the use of statistics that look ahead are useless, they can be manipulated to show anything. The trouble is that the whole envelope is far too complex to take one item in isolation and base the whole response on that one detail. The best idea is that every one sits on their hands and does nothing for two weeks. Remove all restrictions except hands face and space. And see what happens to deaths. In the end, deaths are the only guide on this disease. But even deaths are subject to fine details. Recently there were reports that Covid was now killing younger people. This is false. Covid does not change, deaths of younger people is probable due to the lack of the NHS dealing with cancers, chemo for the last six months.

[@marycrawford1594]

Boris and his charts and graphs are like a dodgy 'financial advisor' trying to con little old ladies out of their savings.

[@andrewryder6780]

Basically fiddling with the figures for their own agenda.

[@MajorMalfunction]

Reminds me of the time a mischievous friend and I found the keys for a diesel steamroller at a construction site. We were 8. We got it started. Put it in gear, and drove it around for a bit. Then we got scared, because we were going to slowly crash into a building, tried to turn it off with the key. That didn't work. There was a lever that said "Shut off". I pulled it. The engine slowed down, but didn't quit. At that point I was screaming, "Put it in neutral! Put it in neutral!" And then we jumped off and ran away. Left it running. That's pretty much how the government behaves these days, isn't it?

[@Slarti]

I am fine with NHS staff carrying on with their dancing while the rest of us struggle against suicide during this second lockdown - as long as all their fringe benefits are cancelled including their extremely generous pensions.

[@johnturner1073]

All on full pay. The NHS is a furlough-free zone.

[@Slarti]

@Sprocket List " We need them in a crisis" - it seems like they are the ones who need us in a crisis, because we are shutting down the country so that they don't get "overwhelmed".

[@MrDaveH4]

This is deliberate, that is quite clear now. Peter, you are a legend sir!

[@johnday4070]

Never been about a virus period!

[@margaretfoley1247]

The government knows exactly what their doing. We need real opposition. Sadly there isn’t any. Well said guys. Keeping speaking out against this nonsense ❤️

[@mickp222]

Vote For Nigel Farage and the new Reform UK

[@1martinlocke]

I love wh when they have Peter on we need more voices to cut through the madness

[@freeman8914]

Its impossible to challenge our systems politely, to interrogate them while retaining their approval - by disguising any evidence of real malevolence beneath a mask of politics-as-usual incompetence. And so, for as long as we seek their approval, nothing will change.

[@vidacusick1660]

Thank you this is the only one I listen to now turned off mainstream news, I love peter your totally right.

[@almor2445]

So there are some sensible people left...

[@memoumoumou2629]

Where did all the money that was raised by charitable people for the NHS go too?

[@christhompson9819]

I spoke to someone on Friday who was advocating Erewash go into Tier 3 because BBC had said the cases were around 400 plus. I asked her did she realise that was 400 per hundred thousand. ...she looked at me blankly.....so I explained that if she stood where she was as a thousand people walked past...that the Covid cases wouldn't reach her until number 997.....and that meant 99.6% don't have it....she said that can get be right and why would they mislead us?!?!? Duuuuuuuhhhhh

[@stevealdridge9720]

and did you also explain that those 3 people could infect a number of other people, and each of them and so on, do you have an Idea how pandemics spread? cos it don't sound like it. You also do not explain that just because 1000 people are selected means that the % remains the same because it don't, 50% of that thousand could have it. DUUUUUUUHHH

[@offgrid2281]

There is only one solution now, millions of us taking to the streets

[@JS-fi7fl]

Guys, let's all vote Reform UK in the local elections next year (6th May 2021). It's a party Nigel Farage has set up to fight these lockdowns. It may be the only thing we can do to fight back while we're still a democracy. Spread the word.

[@teresaskelton7227]

I remember when Piers Morgan shouted Peter down. Well done Peter for continuing to speak the truth.

[@Peter-tg1kk]

Hey, he nicked my word panicdemic.

[@bobcrochit4427]

let him have it, it is embarrassing

[@georgeengland1699]

Hey Mr Hitchens I have written several times to my MP on this subject to no avail.

[@simonhodges6084]

The current CFR is 0.8% and based on ONS figures for England of 52,000 infections per day from Oct 16th to October 23rd, the whole UK would have been taking around 60,000 infections per day to produce 163 deaths per day which was the seven day average at the end of that period. That gives us an IFR of 0.27%. Given that IFR it would take 800,00 new infections per day or 5.6 million new infections per week to reach 2000 deaths per day and 1.6 million infections per day to reach 4000 deaths per day as predicted.

[@rijamor]

I've been trying to find out for weeks what the average length of stay in hospital is. I suspect many people have been there for some time, possibly since the initial outbreak. So far, nothing.

[@pldvs]

The lockdown argument is reminiscent of the one we had over 'the peoples vote'.

[@ivormectin9889]

Lord Sumption’s Cambridge lecture last Tuesday is a must read for all British citizens.

[@escapethewest]

If you took away furlough, would there still be support for lockdown?

[@philwoodward5069]

I'm a public sector worker and I get to work from home on full pay. I don't regard that as a reason to support the lockdown - I've opposed it from the start, lobbied my MP and done everything I can to keep the rest of the economy open so that nobody else has to take a pay cut either. I realise I'm lucky but I don't see why my pay should be cut when I'm working harder than ever. It wouldn't help anyone else. I don't understand why Mike Graham, who is presumably still on full pay, wants to single out the public sector for pay cuts? It's not a public/private issue. The Southbank Centre staff are public sector workers and they were furloughed and then laid off, all while private-sector Mike Graham continued on full pay. The issue is a lot of people's livelihood has been destroyed by the government. That's what we need to stop.

[@MisterAndrewBuckley]

What will be different this time..... And what will be different next time?

[@juliesangels5]

Absolutely love talk radio Peter your brilliant x x

[@emmylou1012]

I am sure that there are well meaning people who disagree with Peter and others that are challenging the narative, but I am convinced there are paid TROLLS

[@primus7776]

"There is nothing wrong with the air" (Roy Neary "Close Encounters of the Third Kind") Rips off mask and hurls it to the ground. .Enduring image

[@macclift9956]

Burning question: WHY have the BBC and the government created a "panic-demic!"

[@noklarok]

what is biggest change in global behaviour? then work your way back

[@yetagain5671]

@Friendly Fire Exactly..... and one of the most surprising things to know is that the vast majority of the population think the BBC is trustworthy. Beyond belief really.

[@macclift9956]

@Friendly Fire The government has malevolent intentions?

[@louisefernie2900]

Well said Peter Hitchens. Interesting that Nigal Farage is picking up on the unrest...Tories should be worried again. More voices of reason are needed. The health service (not personnel) is not fit for purpose. The government would be better to let people return to normal and put all the money they are throwing at the furlough system etc into a better health service. After all it is there to save us....not the other way round. The health service is the problem NOT covid. Louise

[@rorymclauchlan7475]

"the government smashes up the economy"... Join the dots, it's not the 'government', they are not in control of this.. watch 'The Money Masters' doc on YT, do further research, then you'll understand Peter.

[@anastasiavonbeaverhausen5443]

Peter, you are still keeping me sane. As you did from the beginning of this nonsense, you really were a lone voice back in March xx

[@michaelhansson1242]

Get your butts over to Sweden there's plenty of room here!

[@LawrenceCaldwellAuthor]

No, no, those slots are reserved for the Muslims, right?

[@michaelhansson1242]

@j4Rose yep, 12 degress C and rainy just like Britain!

[@michaellawlor5625]

@@LawrenceCaldwellAuthor That will be everywhere soon.

[@LawrenceCaldwellAuthor]

@@michaellawlor5625 Not if we reject globalism and the UN agenda to degrade our cultures so Communism can rule the day.

[@smalltown601]

Hitchens I wrote off for his position on how institutions must respond and act to drug abusers in the past. But he has been magnificent in breaking down rationally how the layman is affected in these times dictated by the ruling class. Hitchens, my squire, you are written back in!

[@bigantplowright5711]

Hang on boys we have to get ready for the third wave.

[@spinningspin6053]

14 days to flatten the curve bro

[@spinningspin6053]

Doh!

[@1961kickboxer]

Closing the gyms down is affecting our mental health young and us nearly 60 people ,bloody quislings.